Truck.



PATENTED APR.'21, 1903. R. L. DORSEY,

TRUCK.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 20, 1902.

N0 MODEL.

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v UNITED STATES v} PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT L. DORSEY, OF INDIANAPOLIS,1NDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO TUCKER & DORSEY MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, A

CORPORATION OF INDIANA.

TRUCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 726,035, dated April 21, 1903. Application filed June 20, 1902. SerialNo.112,445. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I,ROBERTL.DORSEY,a citizen of the United States, residing at Indian apolis, in the county of Marion and State of In- 5 diana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trucks, of which the following is a specification. 7

My present invention relates to that class of trucks which are'commonly used in store- 10 service fortransporting boxes and barrels about mercantile establishments; and it consists in a certain constructionwhereby great strength and durability are secured at a minimum of cost, all as will be hereinafter more I 5 particularly described and claimed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which are made a part hereof, and on which similar reference characters indicate similar parts, Figure l is a perspective view of a truck embodying my said invention; Fig. 2, a top or plan view of one corner thereof on an enlarged scale; Fig. 3, a side elevation of the same portions shown in Fig. 2; Fig. 4:, a central vertical sectional view on the dotted line 2 5 3 3 in Fig. 2, and Fig. 5 a transverse vertical sectional view as seen when lookingiin the directionindicated byflthe arrowsfrom the dotted line 4 4 in Figs. 2 and 3. My truck is composed of a suitable frame,

including side members 10, 11, and 12,-which are halved'together where they meet, suitable casters 13, 14, and 15 at the respective corners, and peculiar corner-irons 16, 17, and 18, also at said corners, uniting the structure 3 5 firmly at these points. These corner-irons are made to embrace the corners of the frame, forming both bearing-platesfor the upper surface of the truck and union-pieces for the frame itself. The plates preferably have a 40 number of upward projections or points 20, upon which the load rests when the truck is in use and which serve tohold the load securely in place. It has ears or wings 21, which extend around and embrace theedges of-the 5 frame sides at the points where they are applied. gA-projection 22 on each of said cornerirons is also. preferably provided to extend down into the point or angle where the sides come together and which forms one part of the locking means. The wings 21, which extend over the sides, are designed to be bent in tightly against the edges of said sides after the irons have beenput'iuplace, so as to closely embrace said sides and clamp the same firmly and securely. together. A single rivet 23 ex- 'tends up through each caster-housing 25 and the adjacent corner-iron and holds the various parts firmly togetherat each of the points or corners. No other bolts, nails, screws, or rivets are requiredin the construction of my improved truck, saving and excepting only this single I rivet which unites the several parts I am thus enabled to'produce a truck of this character at lowfcost both as to material and labor and one which is strong, durable, and efficient.

Having thus fully described my said inven-- tion, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is*

1. The combination, in a truck, of frame sides, corner-irons embracing the frame sides where they come together, casters on which the frame is mounted, and a single rivet unit= ing the casters, framesand corner-irons together at each point where the. casters and corner-irons are applied.

2. The combination, in a truck, of a frame composed of sides coming together at the corners, casters supportin'gthesame, and cornerirons uniting the corners, said corner-irons 8Q having wings which embrace the edges of the sides and clamp the'same together, substantially as shown andfdescribed.

3. The combination, in a truck, of frame sides halved at the ends where they come to- 8 5 gether forming the corners of the truck, casters on which'the frame is mounted, cornerirons placed above the frame parts, the casterplate placed below the frame part, and a single rivet extending through eachcorn'er-iron 9o frame-corner and caster-plate and uniting the whole together, substantially as set forth;

4. The combination, in a truck, of frame sides, corner-irons uniting the corners thereof said corner-irons having wings which extend around the edges of said frame sides and embrace said l sides and clamp the same firmly and securely together, casters supporting the frame at the corners the caster-plates whereof sides and clamp the same together, and probear against the under sides of the frame opjections which extend down into the angle posite the plate or central portion of the corwhere the sides come together. ner-irons, and a rivet passing through the In witness whereof I have hereunto set my 15 5 corner-irons, frame and caster-plate and unithand and seal, at Indianapolis, Indiana, this ing the same. 13th day of June, A. D. 1902.

5. The combination, in a truck, of aframe a composed of sides coming together at thecor- ROBERT DORSEY' ners, casters supporting the same, and corner- \Vitnesses: I0 irons uniting the corners, said corner-irons ARTHUR M. HOOD, having wings which embrace the edges of the 1 JAMES A. WALSH. 

